'Price Fixation Is A Statutory Function': Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Reduction In Fares Of Delhi Metro

Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL seeking reduction in fares of Delhi metro. The court cited that price fixation is a statutory function under section 33 Metro Railways Act, 2002, hence intervention can't be made. In this Civil Writ Petition, the petitioner had argued that the Fare Fixation Committee of 2009 had recommended 15 slabs ranging from rupees 8 to rupees 30. However, the present...

E-Commerce Platforms Are Barred From Selling Products Of Companies Engaged In Direct Selling: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has barred e-commerce websites from selling products of companies which are engaged in direct selling. The court held that the products are being sourced through unauthorized channels and that they are tampered and impaired which violates the rights of the Petitioners under the Trademark Act. The court had to rule upon the following issues: ...

Jharkhand HC Expresses Deep Concern Over Mob Lynching In State, Directs Govt. To File Report

Expressing concern over mob violence in the state in the past few days, Jharkhand High Court has directed the state government to submit reports related to alleged murder of Md Tabrez Ansari in Saraikela Kharsawan district and the alleged attack on two youths at Main Road in Ranchi. A division bench comprising Justice HC Mishra and Justice Deepak Roshan issued the order while hearing a...

Parliament Passes Aadhaar Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Aadhaar(Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to replace the Ordinance brought by the Centre last March to modify the existing laws in relation to the use of biometric data for authentication of identity for the purposes of grant of services, benefits and subsidies. The Bill proposes to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar voluntary use of Aadhaar for getting...

Different Transactions Of Cheating The Investors Cannot Be Clubbed In the Single FIR: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that in a case of inducement, allurement and cheating of large number of investors/ depositors in pursuance to a criminal conspiracy, each deposit by an investor constitutes a separate and individual transaction. All such transactions cannot be amalgamated and clubbed into a single FIR by showing one investor as the complainant, and others as witnesses. The...

Kerala HC Upholds Rs.1 Lakh Compensation To Man Who Was Illegally Detained On Suspicion Of Being A 'Maoist' [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala on Monday dismissed the appeal filed by the Kerala Government against the 2015 judgment of the single bench which had ordered Rupees One Lakh compensation to a man who was illegally detained on suspicion of being a Maoist."we have no hesitation in holding that, in view of the primacy that is accorded under our Constitution to a person's...

Legal Validity of Fatwas And Religious Dictates

Exactly five years ago, on July 7th 2014, the Supreme Court of India had ruled on validity of Fatwas (Religious Dictates).

Non-Use Of Condom Without Partner's Consent Amounts To Sexual Assault : Canadian Court [Read Judgment]

"The non-use of a condom against a participant's wishes not only usurps that individuals sexual autonomy and right to make decisions about how she/he/they engage in sexual activity"

Why Conviction Of Vaiko In Sedition Case Is Problematic?

The judgment is based on a literal application of the provision, without taking into account the judgments of the Supreme Court which have narrowed down the scope of Section 124A IPC

SC Dismisses CBI's Appeal Against Commutation Of Death Penalty In A Murder Case [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in May, dismissed an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging commutation of death penalty by the High Court in a murder case.The death penalty awarded to Sakru Mahagu Binjewar and three others was commuted by the High Court, though it confirmed the conviction for murdering four persons. The mitigating factor, according to High Court was that (i)...

Insurer Cannot Avoid Third Party Liability On The Ground Of Non-Registration Of Vehicle : Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

"Merely because vehicle is not registered under Chapter IV of the Motor Vehicles Act, the Insurance Company cannot escape its liability towards third party"

Murder & Gang Rape Of Mentally Ill Woman: SC Stays Execution Of 7 Men Sentenced To Death [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has stayed execution of seven death row convicts accused of accused of gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Rohtak (Punjab).The bench comprising the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta granted leave in the special leave petition filed by the seven persons whose death sentence was affirmed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in March.Senior Advocate Vibha...